Bill Text: NY S07371 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to payments to rural hospitals that are critical access hospitals.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-13 - PRINT NUMBER 7371B [S07371 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07371-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7371--B
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 2, 2012
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       Introduced by Sens. YOUNG, BONACIC, BRESLIN, O'MARA, RITCHIE, VALESKY --
         (at  request of the Legislative Commission on Rural Resources) -- read
         twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
         Committee  on  Health  --  reported  favorably from said committee and
         committed to the Committee on Finance --  committee  discharged,  bill
         amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
         tee --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to payments to rural
         hospitals designated as critical access hospitals
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2-a of section 2807 of the public health law is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:
    3    (J)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF THIS SUBDIVISION OR ANY
    4  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY AND, SUBJECT TO AN  APPROPRIATION
    5  THEREFOR,  ON  AND  AFTER  APRIL  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, RATES OF
    6  PAYMENT  FOR  DIAGNOSTIC  AND  TREATMENT  CENTER   SERVICES,   EMERGENCY
    7  SERVICES,  GENERAL  HOSPITAL  OUTPATIENT  SERVICES,  AMBULATORY SURGICAL
    8  SERVICES AND REFERRED AMBULATORY SERVICES, PROVIDED BY A RURAL  HOSPITAL
    9  DESIGNATED  AS A CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE XVIII
   10  OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT SHALL BE EQUAL  TO  ONE  HUNDRED  ONE
   11  PERCENT OF THE REASONABLE COSTS OF A FACILITY IN PROVIDING SUCH SERVICES
   12  TO  PATIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR PAYMENTS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVI-
   13  SION. REASONABLE COSTS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN A MANNER  CONSISTENT  WITH
   14  THAT  USED  TO DETERMINE PAYMENT FOR OUTPATIENT CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL
   15  SERVICES PROVIDED TO BENEFICIARIES OF TITLE XVIII OF THE FEDERAL  SOCIAL
   16  SECURITY  ACT.  FOR  FACILITIES  WITHOUT  ADEQUATE COST EXPERIENCE, SUCH
   17  RATES SHALL BE BASED ON BUDGETED  COSTS  SUBSEQUENTLY  ADJUSTED  TO  ONE
   18  HUNDRED ONE PERCENT OF REASONABLE ACTUAL COSTS.
   19    S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
   20  the implementation of the provisions of this act shall be subject to the
   21  appropriation of moneys specifically for the purposes thereof.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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